Handle for packages



- No. 606,936. Pate nted luly 5, I898 A. w. DTTIGNON.

HANDLE FOR PACKAGES.

' (Application filed Mar. 22, 1898.)

(No Model.)

\A/ITNEEEEEI- UMTED AUGUSTUS IV. OTTIGNON, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

HANDLE FOR PACKAGES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 606,936, dated July 5,1898. Application filed March 22, 1898. Serial No. 674,842. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUSTUS WV. OTTIG- NON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain Improvements in Handles forPackages,of which the following is a specification.

My invention has for its objects to simplify and improve theconstruction of handles for bundles or packages and to dispense with thewire hooks hitherto provided for engaging the cord with which saidbundles or packages are tied up. These objects I attain by theconstruction shown in the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure 1 is aperspective view of my improved handle attached to a package. Fig. 2 isan enlarged plan of'the same. Fig. 3 is an enlarged side elevation ofthe same. Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical section on the line 4 4 ofFig. 3. Fig. 5 is an enlarged plan of one end of the handle, showing itsslot and the package-tying cord within the same. Fig. 6 is alongitudinal vertical section on the line 6 6 of Fig. 5.

In the drawings, A represents a package-handle consisting of a strip ofthin material, preferably leatheroid or other suitable fibrous materialpossessing lightness and strength; but, if desired, the handle may becomposed of sheet metal or other material adapted for the purpose. Thisstrip, which is shaped by means of dies or in any other suitable manner,is of concavo-convex form in cross-section and is curved in thedirection of its length to enable it to fit the hand comfortably whilecarrying the package to which it is at tached, the handle being thusarched, both longitudinally and transversely, to combine strength withlightness.

At each end of the handle A is an inclined open-ended slot 1), of theform shown in Figs. 1, 2, 4, and 5, for the reception of the tyingcord 0of a package or bundle when the handle is to be attached thereto bycatching onto said cord, as shown in Fig. 1. The open ends of theslots 1) are preferably located on opposite sides or edges ofthehandle,as shown but they may both be on the same side, if desired.Each slot is preferably so cut as to form ator near its inner end alongitudinallyextending clamping-tongue 10, the transverse edge at thefree end of which lies close to the opposite transverse side 12 of theslot, so that as the cord is entered in the operation of engaging thehandle therewith it will force the tongue upward, as shown in Fig. 6,the resiliency of said tongue, due to the nature of the material ofwhich the handle is composed, causing it to exert a yielding, biting, orclamping pressure upon the cord sufficient to pre-- vent the handle fromslippin glen gthwise upon the cord and avoiding the necessity of turningthe handle around to produce a twist of the cord, as is necessary withthe handles provided with wire hooks now in common use.

If preferred, one only of the slots Z) may be provided with afriction-tongue, which may be found sufficient to prevent the handlefrom slipping on the cord.

The above-described handle is of ornamental shape, and being made of asingle piece without separate hooks can be furnished at a trifling cost,while the slots, one or both provided with a biting or clamping tongue,enable it to be more easily and quickly hooked onto a package withoutliability of slip than is the case with the ordinary wooden handleprovided at its opposite ends with wire hooks.

Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

As an improved article of manufacture, a package handle formed of astrip provided at its ends with open slots forming at their innerportions longitudinally-extending, resilient, clamping-tongues havingtransverse free ends operating in connection with the opposed transversewall of the slots to bite or clamp the cord to prevent slipping of thehandle, substantially as described.

\Vitness my hand this 17th day of March, A. D. 1898.

AUGUSTUS W. OTTIGNON.

In presence of- P. E. TESOHEMAOHER, LOUISE A. OnAon.

